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Threat Intelligence

AI Agents Ran a Four-Day Hacking Campaign Against Taiwan's Government Systems

Researchers say a cluster of artificial intelligence programs worked in near-total automation to steal credentials, map government networks, and probe a nuclear safety agency, a sign that organised hacking is getting cheaper and faster.

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Threat Intelligence

Meet Jewelbug: The Chinese Hacker-for-Hire Group Stealing Crypto and Spying on Governments at the Same Time

A single criminal outfit is running a massive cryptocurrency scam network with one hand and breaking into Middle Eastern government email systems with the other. Researchers say the group almost certainly works for China.

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Threat Intelligence

Kimsuky Goes Offline: North Korean Spies Build Their Own Private AI Toolkit

South Korean researchers say the Kimsuky group has stopped relying on public chatbots and is now running AI on its own servers to sharpen phishing and speed up malware writing.

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Threat Intelligence

Chinese-Speaking Hackers Hit Central Asian Governments With Two New Malware Families

Researchers link a spying campaign against Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and neighbours to a Chinese-speaking crew using tools tracked as OctLurk and SilkLurk.

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Threat Intelligence

Iran-Linked Hackers Deploy 'NightLedger' Backdoor Against Middle East, Africa Targets

Nimbus Manticore is running a fresh campaign with a new Windows backdoor and hidden tunnels that turn victim machines into relays.

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Threat Intelligence

China-Linked Hackers Hit Middle East Governments With New Malware That Hides in Telegram

Zscaler researchers say a group tied to East Asia is running fresh spy operations against government networks, using three never-before-seen tools.

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Vulnerabilities

Three Security Stories You May Have Missed: Industrial Switches, Russian Email Spying, and a Rail Ransomware Shakedown

A digest of under-reported threats: flaws in Siemens industrial network hardware, a Russian hacking campaign targeting Zimbra webmail servers, and a ransomware attack against Swiss train maker Stadler Rail.

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Threat Intelligence

Leaky Alibaba Cloud Server Exposes China-Linked Spying Kit Aimed at Hospitals and Governments

Researchers at Group-IB stumbled on a misconfigured server in Singapore that revealed a new Windows loader, TriBack, used against targets across Asia and Latin America.

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Threat Intelligence

HollowGraph: The Spyware That Hides Its Orders in a Fake 2050 Calendar Invite

Researchers at Group-IB link the covert Microsoft 365 tool to Iran-nexus activity targeting Israeli organisations, with medium confidence.

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Threat Intelligence

HollowGraph Spies Hide Their Orders in Fake Calendar Events Dated 2050

A newly named espionage tool turns Microsoft 365 calendars into a secret mailbox, tucking instructions and stolen files into meetings set decades in the future.

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Threat Intelligence

Russian spies are hijacking Europe's security cameras to watch weapons move to Ukraine

Dutch intelligence says a Kremlin unit is quietly logging into internet-connected CCTV to track military convoys, aid shipments and troop positions.

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Threat Intelligence

Hackers hijack Russian security tool ViPNet to spy on government agencies

A campaign called HelloNet has been slipping malicious files into ViPNet updates since May, hitting Russian ministries, energy firms and transport operators.

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Threat Intelligence

GoSerpent: A New Espionage Tool Quietly Targeting Southeast Asian Governments

Kaspersky says the previously unseen malware has been hitting government and diplomatic offices across the region since late 2025, with signs pointing to long-term spying rather than smash-and-grab theft.

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Threat Intelligence

China-Linked 'Daxin' Rootkit Returns After Four Years, Found Inside Taiwan Factory

The stealthy kernel malware, last documented in 2022, showed up alongside a new backdoor called Stupig on a manufacturer's network.

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Threat Intelligence

Suspected Chinese and Indian Spies Both Targeted Pakistani Police, Researchers Say

A two-year campaign hit Balochistan Police and other law enforcement bodies, with servers holding criminal records among the compromised assets.

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